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First & Always, Follow Well: Part Eight
“The best leaders were & are great followers. Great followers learn how to lead without the power given by position.” – Randy Blincow, Founder, Healthy Rhythms Life Coaching Two quick stories. In one, I am a Business Unit Controller responsible for the financial integrity and performance of a mid-size business. A salesperson called me about…
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First & Always, Follow Well: Part Seven
If you do not officially lead people, one day you may. If you are officially a leader of people, you are also still the follower of a leader. In either situation, the character traits you display in your ‘following’ determines your value to those you lead, to those you follow, to an organization, and to…
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First & Always, Follow Well: Part Six
We are all, always, followers. The highest ranking among us still lives under authority. He/she that no longer considers themselves a follower has ceased living a life of accountability, and God help us all. Consequently, the best leaders were & are great followers. Having and continuing to develop certain attributes throughout life is the path…
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First & Always, Follow Well: Part Five
“The best leaders were & are great followers. Great followers learn how to lead without the power given by position.” – Randy Blincow, Founder, Healthy Rhythms Life Coaching Today, we return to the series on being great followers, addressing the attribute of empathy. Much has been written to compare empathy and sympathy; my working definition…
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Never-Ending Life Lessons
I will return to the series First & Always, Follow Well in my next blog post. “Often, when we are struggling with a decision, it is because we are looking at an option we want and an option we know is right. In this circumstance, the only path forward is to deny yourself, choose what…
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First & Always, Follow Well: Part Four
I was interviewing a recent college graduate for an entry-level accounting position. He was expressing his opinion that some people were just natural leaders, that he was one of those, and therefore he was not too interested in doing some of the more routine parts of the position because he wanted to move quickly into…
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First & Always, Follow Well: Part Three
“The best leaders were & are great followers. Great followers learn how to lead without the power given by position.” – Randy Blincow, Founder, Healthy Rhythms Life Coaching As a Corporate Finance Executive, and as the Executive Pastor of a large multisite church, I made a career of being in the 2nd chair of organizations.…
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First & Always, Follow Well: Part Two
“The best leaders were & are great followers. Great followers learn how to lead without the power given by position.” – Randy Blincow, Founder, Healthy Rhythms Life Coaching If the best leaders lead from the perspective of being great followers, what makes a great follower? Today let’s explore the second of what I consider to…
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First & Always, Follow Well: Part One
“The best leaders were & are great followers. Great followers learn how to lead without the power given by position.” – Randy Blincow, Founder, Healthy Rhythms Life Coaching Many people aspire to be leaders. A few of them even aspire to it with pure motives. Others believe their motives are pure. However, I maintain that…
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Lament & Hope
In my lifetime, I have done my share of lamenting. My wife would probably say it’s better defined as venting, and she’s welcome to her opinion. The point is, there have been many times in my life when circumstances were not how I would have scripted them. Losing my mother when I was only 24…
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